Dedicated as a state nature preserve, a hike at Greene County's Canyon Forest Nature Preserve is scenic, tranquil.

Ralph Schultz, of Plainfield, has retired as executive director of the Forest Preserve District of Will County after a 32-year career there. He joined the preserve in 1993 as a landscape architect ...

Lisa Sprinkle shows ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about events going on this summer with the Champaign County Forest Preserves ...

If private landowners don’t remove invasives alongside natural areas, species like buckthorn will persist in forest preserves ...

The Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Board of Commissioners has approved a $50 million general obligation bond issue. Bond sale proceeds will fund a 2025-2030 Capital Improvement ...

The Forest Preserve District of Kane County will hold a centennial celebration ... s first permanent public art installation. A map of the preserve can be found at ...

The Forest Preserve of Will County encourages people to start 2023 off right by taking part in a program. It's offering a number of programs in January on topics like animal tracks, lichen ...

The Forest Preserves of Winnebago County's highest-paid employees are primarily administrators and managers. Salaries and benefits consume about 43% of the Forest Preserves' main operating budget.

PLAINFIELD, IL — After 32 years at the helm of the Forest Preserve District of Will County, its executive director is retiring. Ralph Schultz, who has worked at the Forest Preserve District ...

Bruce Kulik, a volunteer with the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award by the Serve Illinois Commission on ...